The Importance of Living in a Lawful Society

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I noticed that there's a set of situations where the people who are following the rules are given no actual path to victory. And then it makes sense to me that they would renege on the disarmament agreement and pick those weapons back up. I think that's such an interesting point. It reminds me of playing strategy games when there's multiple players. There's this like really depressing thing that often happens in not very well designed games: Just like whoever's doing the best, everyone else just hangs up and kills up.

Why do "antagonistic" teachers exist in popular culture but not in the classroom? What happens to student outcomes when "antagonistic" learning is implemented in real classrooms? What is the Field Theory of Parenting? What are things that we can do for others but can't do for ourselves? How can we notice and utilize costly and unfakeable signals? What is the core definition of civilization? How can we influence others ethically? Is explicit communication always better than implicit?

Duncan wants to leave the universe noticeably different than it was before he arrived, and he's currently trying to do this through making things and teaching people. He has a background in LEGO, parkour, and middle grades education, and is easily manipulated by people quoting Ender's Game. You can find out more about him at thirdfoundation.github.io.

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